Grammatici Latini II, p. 6: Priscian, book 1 (De uoce, de littera)

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literas: (m.d.) C- .i. timmorta li. quia correptum lego ⁊ si a lino correptum ⁊ is (m.d.) epenthesis dobeir .t. n-and. do immolung fuit apud poetasreliqua[‘i.e. the li (in littera) is short because lěgo is short, et si etc., and it is an epenthesis that inserts a t in it, to make length in the poets, etc.’][analysis]

quantitate: .i. o méit di flescaib bís hisin tórunt .i. mad óenflesc is .i. mad di ḟlisc is .n. reliqua[‘i.e. from the quantity of strokes, which is in the figure, i.e. if it be one stroke it is an i, if two strokes it is an n, etc.’][analysis]